adidas Wmns Forum XLG 'Triple White'
Colorway: Cloud White/Cloud White/Crystal White · Style code: ID6809 · Release date: June 3, 2023 · Price: $2432 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Wmns Forum XLG 'Triple Black' (IG2576) · Adidas Wmns Forum XLG 'Wonder Quartz' (IE7351) · adidas Wmns Forum XLG 'White Black' (IG2578) · Adidas Wmns Forum XLG 'White Crew Yellow' (IE0235) · Adidas Wmns Forum XLG 'Carbon Matte Silver' (IG8513)
XLG is the oversized Forum. Everything grows: the cupsole is taller and wider, the overlays are broader, and the ankle strap is cut thicker, so the shoe reads as a deliberately exaggerated version of a basketball design rather than a faithful one. Scale is the entire concept, which is why adidas leans on plain colourways for the tier; a busy palette would fight the proportion.
This women's pair takes that logic to its end point. Cloud White covers the leather upper, the strap and the laces, and Crystal White finishes the sole, a near-invisible shift that gives the base a fractionally cooler cast than the panels above it. With no contrast anywhere, the only things defining the shoe are its seams, its perforations and its sheer bulk. It released on 3 June 2023 at 130 dollars, thirty above the standard women's Forum Low, which is the cost of the extra material. White leather on a sole this large also makes cleaning a visible chore, though it is the version that photographs best.